African airlines recorded a 7.8 percent increase in annual passenger traffic in 2025, according to the full-year report released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on February 5, 2026. This growth, fueled by rising connectivity and an expanding middle class, pushed the region’s load factor a measure of seat occupancy—to a record high of […]
African airlines recorded the strongest air cargo demand growth worldwide in August 2025, according to new data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Naira Metrics report. The region posted an 11% year-on-year increase in demand, the highest among all regions, while capacity also rose by 12.3% over the same period. Globally, air cargo demand […]
BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO African airlines recorded a 9.5 per cent year-on-year increase in international passenger traffic in May 2025, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), marking one of the strongest growth performances globally. While the Asia-Pacific region led overall demand growth, African carriers achieved the highest improvement in load factor across all regions, […]
Nigeria and 22 other African countries have begun an open air policy that will relax aviation rules and regulations to create a free market environment for eligible commercial airlines. The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) was inaugurated on Sunday at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A free market is one where […]